Thread-holder for spools.



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THREAD HOLDER FOR SPOOLS. (Application fllod. Nov. 12, 1900.

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

DANIEL GAMBLE, OF RAMELTON, IRELAND.

THREAD-HOLDER FOR SPOOLS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent no, 693,854, dated. February 25, 1902.

Application filed November 12, 1900. Serial No. 36,252- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: ring being circular in cross-section and haif- 35 Be it known that I, DANIEL GAMBLE, reing a spiral groove a formed in its periphsiding at Northern Warehouse, Ramelton, in ery. The said ring a is placed over the reel the county Donegal, Ireland,have invented b, on which; the twist c is wound, the free end 5 certain new and useful Improvements in or c" of such twist (composed of a number of Connected with Thread Holders or Reels; and loose or unraveled threads) being passed un- 4 I do hereby declare the following to be afull, der the ring a, then over same, and finally clear, and exact description of the invention, brought under the ring again, so as to leave such as will enable others skilled in the art to the end projecting beyond such ring in the [O which it appertains to make and use the same. manner shown by Fig. 2. To unwind the This invention relates to improvements in twist, for instance, the reel 1) is held between 45 or connected with thread holders or reels, and the users index-finger and thumb and the has for its object to provide simple and effectloose end 0 of the twist then pulled, thereby ive means for holding the ends of buttoncausing the reel to revolve and the twist to 15 hole-twist thread or the like in position be unwound therefrom. The ring a has not A upon a reel in such a manner as to prevent to be removed from the reel b, as the action 5 the threads becoming entangled after alength of pulling on the end of the twist causes the has been cut off. said ring to revolve sufficiently to allow the My invention obviates the necessity hithtwist to be unreeled, the aforesaid spiral 2o erto existing of having to tie a knot in the groove facilitating the turning of the ring.

threads and pin the ends to the reel after a What I claim as my invention, and desire 5 5 length of the twist had been out 01f, which to secure by Letters Patent, is occasioned considerable waste of thread and The improvements in or connected with time. thread holders or reels, consisting in an india- 25 In order that this my said invention may rubber ring, of circular form in cross-section,

be the more readily understood and carried having a spiral groove in its periphery adaptinto practical efiect, reference is hereby ed to be placed over a reel. I made to the accompanying sheet of illustra- In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my tive drawings, whereind signature in presence of two witnesses.

30 Figure 1 shows the holding evice shown I independently; Fig. 2, a perspective View of DANIEL such device in actual use. W'itnesses:

In the drawings the reference-letter a rep- ANDREW GAMBLE, resents a ring formed of india-rubber, such WILLIAM J. KYLE. 

